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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 6, 20215 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this frost advisory at May 6, 2021, 3:02 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at May 7, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2021, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
In effect from
May 7, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 7, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Miner County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2021-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2021-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1975 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

325 
WWUS73 KFSD 062002
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
302 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021

MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ038>040-052>056-070415-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FR.Y.0003.210507T0800Z-210507T1300Z/
Lincoln-Lyon-Murray-Cottonwood-Pipestone-Beadle-Kingsbury-
Brookings-Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Lake-Moody-
302 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures in the low to mid 30s may result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of central and east central South Dakota and 
  southwest Minnesota. This includes the Tribal Lands of the 
  Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Nation.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 8 AM CDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left
  uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/siouxfalls
2 follow-up statements
228 
WWUS73 KFSD 070218
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
918 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021

MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ038>040-052>056-071300-
/O.CON.KFSD.FR.Y.0003.210507T0800Z-210507T1300Z/
Lincoln-Lyon-Murray-Cottonwood-Pipestone-Beadle-Kingsbury-
Brookings-Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Lake-Moody-
918 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT
FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures in the lower 30s will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of central and east central South Dakota and 
  southwest Minnesota. This includes the Tribal Lands of the 
  Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Nation.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 8 AM CDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/siouxfalls
823 
WWUS73 KFSD 071249
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
749 AM CDT Fri May 7 2021

MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ038>040-052>056-071400-
/O.EXP.KFSD.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210507T1300Z/
Lincoln-Lyon-Murray-Cottonwood-Pipestone-Beadle-Kingsbury-
Brookings-Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Lake-Moody-
749 AM CDT Fri May 7 2021

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

Temperatures will continue to warm through the morning therefore
the Frost Advisory will be allowed to expire as scheduled.

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/siouxfalls

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.